The Republican journal., 1887-04-28
Some Notes of Early History.

is Il work of much interest to the student of
history. The four volumes of the first Amer-
can edition, printed at New York by Tiebout
Il OBrien in 1856, were recently obtained by
Capt. Ira W. Hartman, of Sandy Point, in
Launcc >ton. Tasmania.
The author aimed to make his work entirely
comprehensive, to sum up all that could lie
known of the New World, and to set Euro
peans right concerning the young Republic.
Written during the administration of Pres-
dent Washington, its explanations of the GOV
ernment are fresh, while its Sanguinc prophe-
cies concerning the nations future may be
read with satisfaction. We have made the
following random notes and extracts
The District Of Maine, politically portion
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is
treated in Il separate division. The author
pays the following pretty compliment to this
region, now so popular as summer resort:
THE elevation of the lands in gcncral-thc
purity of the air which is rendered sweet and
>:lubrous by the balsamic qualities of many
of the forest trecsthe limpid streams, both
large and small, which abundanty water this
country. and the regularity of the weather. all
unite to render this one OF the hcaltllicst coun-
tries in the world.'
Grave doubts are expressed whether apples
can be raised in the eastern portions of the
district, but ii is hopefully stated that the
French We're said to have had tIourshiny or
chard> about Pas>anaqnoddy Bay century
earlier. Spar timber had already become
scarce. Portland is called one of the most
thriving commercial towns in Massachusetts.
Its harbor. it is stated. sis seldom or never
completely frozen over.''
There We're then five counties in Maine
York, Cumberland. Lincoln. Hancock and
Washington. OF the growth of population, it
is said, "from one of the most ,lreary and
barren widernc>sc> in America, it is by III
tense industry and rigid economy. gradually
becoming rich and fertile State We give in
detail the population of Hancock county, as
taken at the first census under the constitution
in 1880, inserting later names and divisions
made since:
Pen bscot, shire io~n, (inclu'led Castine and Il
large part of Brooksvile) ..... 49,. ........l0IS
Ninahaven Included North Ilaven) ........... 57s
Deer lsle.... =. ............. .......,..... tiS2
Eastern-rivcr ,Oriand:j ...... .............. s40
Buckstown (now Bucksport) ................... 3l6
Orrngton (mcluded Brewer, II"Ilcn) ......... ~
Edeston (Ed'lington?l ................... 40
-
Frankfort (includcd Prospect, Wintclpor,
lampden, stockton and part of >earsport.) >gl
Mount Desert Gncluiet Eden, fremont ...... IA
Golusborough (GouldSborough) ...-............ 261
sullivan (ncluded part of Hancock ;0i
Trenton (included part of Hancock and La
Township No. 9 Included part of Ellsworthj 2'3
DluenlI ...... -........ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2lf
sedgwiek dneludeA Brookn part of Brooks,
Vlile) )................. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. :G9
Belfast (nclu,scd par; of scar-por)...... 49,. 10
l'utktidp, nnu. ir.,In,;lIa rs
Barrctstown (now Hope. -. ............... l.3
tam'tch...... 81
lSleSborough.. ............... :'s2
Orphan Island (noM Nerona)... .............. l24
small Islands .....-...- G6
Negro slavery had already become one of the
great problems of the country. The number
of slaves in 1880 in all the States was G97 Gy..
The author fondly hoped that their increase
since, lowing to >autary laws. in several of
the States, and the humane eXerticns of the
government in favor Of their emancip patton and
the prevention of any further importation, has
happily been small, and will be less in future"
In New England there were in 1880, los slaves
in New Hampshire, 16 in Nermont-all in BEN
nington County,-94> in Rhode Island and
2I64 in Connecticut. ''In Massachusetts alone
Maine included and we mention it to their
distinguished honor" says the author, '.thcrc
are none" The following apt quotation is
made:
III there be an object truly ridiculous in
nature. it is IN American patriot, signing res,,-
lution> of inncpen,lcncy with one hand. and
with the other brandiShing a whip over hi,
afri@htcd slaves"
Winterbotham, however. expected that
through the Influence of the Federal govern
ment, gradual emancipation would. in time.
free all the slaves: 'whetber by transporting
them back to Africa; or b, colonizing them in
some part of the American territory =: or
by Incorporation with the whites; or in some
other Way. remains 30 he seem
How many of our mariners can tell What
kind of craft Snpw is? Yet Nirtcrbotham
uses the word a> often As he does >hip. btTg.
o. Srh0"H"f. The word. now seemingly oh>o-
lctc in this connection. is defined by Webster,
thus: "a vessel equipped with two ma>t>. re-
scmbling the main and fore ma>t> of Il ship,
and third small mast just abaft the main
mast, carrying Il try-Sai." a ri-. then, CORE
spending to the "fu,l-riggcd brig. once very
popular.
The rarti>;n> of the Bland dollar may profit
from peruS;tl Of the following Paragraph:
"Ihc government Of the United States fore
goes all profit from the coinage; thi, is Ger
tain|y an honest, polite and wholesome for
bearanrc, but America is the first that has
adopted it,.
The rates of domestic postage We're six cents
for a distance Of thirty miles. eight cents for
sixty miles. ten cents for one hundred miles.
and so On to twenty-five cents for distance
greater than $50 miles.
The following Were ports of cutry within
the District Of Maine: Porta Falmouth.
Bath: Frenclnai's BAY, Wi>ca>Sct, Machia>,
and Ptnobscot.
In the first V, ume a learned discussion is
entered into to prove that French writer's
description of frogs in Louisiana weighing 81
French pounds, mot bad for Frenthman)
"whose horriL croakins" was like 1.-THE below
ings Of cows.'is fiction. The conclusion of the
same writer that the surface of the earth was
infected by putrefaction" because somewhere
in America reptiles We're Numerous is also dis
proved. SO. the opinions of the naturalist,
Button. that both animal and vegetable life is
on an inferior scale in this Continent, being
smaller, less varied, and less energetic than in
the Old World, is successfully answered.
In the Public Library in Boston there is an
atlas designed to accompany this work. The
area Of Maine as represented is much less than
as finally determined, the extreme northern
point being on the eastern boundary Inaccll-
| racies are easy to detect; for example, Belfast
is located about where Bangor is.
We find no mention of Winterbotham in any
of the encyclopedias, general or biographical
In the Boston Public Library there is !. PAM
phet containing two sermons delivered in 1892
by him, ''the Rev. William Winterbotham, late
assistant preacher at lIows-Lane Chapel, Ply
mouth England on account of which he was
sentenced to four years Imprisonment, and
fined f200.' The library contains the four
volumes of the history.
CHARLES f. BLACK.
The Rusty I.inchpin is story after the Rus
sian of Nine. kokhanovsky by NJ. NJ. 5. and J.
l.. +. The scene Of the story is laid in little
settlement in one of the remote steppe prov
ince> of Russia, in the heart of productive re-
gion. Each estate of this settlement forms Il